yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Android SD Development] vibbuz:
6february, with last pda wp7 rom. The problem was probably caused by droidexplorer pushing the file.

I formatted again this morning but i have still problems, now i can make calls but not receive them, both on android and wp7.. time for a new sd card i guess :)
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Maybe a stupid question, but how do you format your SD card?

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] vibbuz:
fat32 32k cluster size, always with minitool partition wizard if i need a simple format, with easus partition manager and minitool partition wizard if i need the sd card for dual boot. never had a problem before.

i'm going to reformat everything again now and see if i'm finally lucky to get it working
[HD2 Android SD Development] wis1152:
Use this tool:) http://www.mediafire.com/?3241tjhwd8o2vc3
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Contact

How can I erase my entire contacts database in the standard Android Contacts app?? Want a fresh start, cause mine contains now a lot of double contacts, too much to delete them manually.

thanks in advance,

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Update after crash

Everything is functioning again, only I needed Companion Link to synchronize with Outlook, instead of MyPhone Explorer. The last one did the contacts and notes perfectly, but not the Calendar. Companion link works very fine for the Calendar, so I will stay with that.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] Szczepanik:
It happens to all of us! Try Contact Remover Plus

http://market.android.com/details?id=com.holyhog.dcfdpro

Cheers

Tom
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Thanks vey much for the tip, but I found a free app called Delete All Contacts and it did the job perfectly.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] binht611:
can you repost download link please! i cant download from link on the first post!!!
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
Hi again Kuzibri,

I always just reset the Contacts / Call History storage using Titanium Backup and reboot. MyPhoneExplorer downloads the call History anyway, so can refer to it off the phone if needed.

Also, DW Contacts can do batch deletes if you have the PRO version. And Contact Remover Plus as someone suggested is a good one also...

I'm curious, once you did get MPE working for you (before you moved to Companion Link), what was your original issue with Outlook in the end? and secondly, did you get the crashing contacts database problem on the 1.0.16 version?

Reasons I use DW contacts over GoContacts ...

- it has a customisable call log with duration in the list view (ie you dont have to open each entry to get the call length) .. useful if you need to do a lot of timesheeting like me

- it has an inbuilt call filter which works with Groups (Outlook categories if you are using MPE)

- when you get a missed call sms from your phone operator, you can click on the phone number and it will search your contacts based on the number and show you who rang

- it shows company name and job title views in the scrolling list of contacts

- it will show additional information such as notes and company name overlaid when you receive a call

- I have managed to theme it to look totally blue / black ICS style (except for the green phone icons)

I looked into GoContacts but from what I could see it couldn't do most of the above. Happy to be corrected if you would like to tell us what you think are its strongpoints. :)

thecharliec
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Hi thecharliec,

the problem with MPE was that it synced my contacts and notes very good, but not my calendar. In fact it did not sync it at all. Cause??

Companionlink syncs it all very well, therefore I needed to clean up my old contacts database. It did not crash, I only had all of my contacts twice.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
Hi Kuzibri,

Thanks for replying. But I thought you had an even more fundamental problem with it not giving you Outlook as an option originally. what did you do to resolve that one?
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Well, I tried to make new accounts in order to let MPE sync my calendar, but nothing I tried helped. It looked like MPE just did not see my calendar. Due to the fact that I'm more in need of a synced calendar than synced contacts, I tried Companionlink and that worked immediately. Don't know why this one workes cause I did nothing special, just installed it on PC and HD2 and synced.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
I think I faced a similar issue with the calendar when first using MPE.

It was a while ago but I think I had to export all the entries from Outlook, sync an empty calendar and re-import them for it to work.

Can you advise whether Companion link will do a Wireless sync?
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Companionlink offers these syncing options (of course the choosen setting needs to be the same on device and PC):

1. Direct USB sync

2. Google sync

3. Secure hosted wireless sync

4. Local WiFi sync.

the Android app on the market is for free. The PC version (www.companionlink.com) has a 14 days trial, afterwards you have to buy it for $49,95 for a life license.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
Great, thanks Kuzibri.

I will try to give it a go when next updating my build.

One thing I like about MPE is that in recent builds they added support for lots of different phone number types in contacts.

I have clients who don't have hunt line abstraction on their phone switchboard which means when they call you it can be from any of 10-15 numbers.... so being able to sync these to one contact really helps.

Though MPE is clunky in places (having to allow access to Outlook for example) when synching - does CL suffer from this?

And also sometimes it always tries to resync the same contact even though nothing has changed...
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
While I am here, thought I'd share my experiences for some tweaks which have drastically improved the general usability of this build, in case it helps others.

- Changed CPU governor from Smartass V2 to InteractiveX.

This alone has improved smoothness and also battery life by 20-25%!

- Disabled all non essential apps from starting up, resulting in much faster 'settling' time after boot. Basically if its something you don't use... disable it from startup. Android is pretty good at starting it up later if its required.

This includes the media storage service which scans Android for new media all the time.... think it is initiated anyway when you run music. Will turn this back on if it misses newly added stuff...

- Used 'Quickboot' (or something similar) for a one touch hot reboot on my home screen. If the build starts feeling laggy, a quick mini reboot fixes it, and with hot reboot android stays in memory so it takes half as long as full reboot.

- Used the ForceGPU option in Developer options... t
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
CL also "suffers" from allowing access for calendar syncing.

For all other things, there a lot of options in CL, like your contact phone number settings, like doing nothing when nothing changed, etc, etc.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
Oops accidentally hit submit..

- ForceGPU seemed quicker at first but I think it interfered with some apps.

- Set SD cache to 128... yes 2048 whilst seeming faster initially would eventually cause the phone to lockup. Tho since disabling media storage on startup and updating to latest Nova, going back to 2048 seems to work better. I think the build default is 1024, tho can't be sure as I changed mine pretty early on.

- I'm a Nova launcher user and the recent build 14 is waay smoother than previous versions.

- I use TaskXP to quickly switch between running tasks... a bit faster than long press home

Above tweaks mostly achieved with free 'System Tuner' from Market. Also used AutoRuns manager to disable some further apps from starting when not wanted tho you have to be careful with this.

Hope this helps someone.

Btw has anyone tried the recent Tytung 1.3 build? How does it compare to this one?
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
Bummer was hoping to get away from this. Will certainly give CL a try though... I have written a small helper utility for MPE which will sit in the background and monitor and auto click these pop ups, perhaps I can modify for CL.

MPE also gives you a warning screen showing all changes or conflicts before syncing (don't trust it enough to allow full auto syncing)

I sort of wish someone would write a sync program where all conflict handling is managed on the phone... that way you can do a full local wireless sync without having to be in front of the PC...

How does CL handle wireless synching when there are conflicts or changes... does it give you a warning on the PC or just go ahead and sync?
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
You can set in the options on the PC site:

1. Outlook is always "the boss"

2. Android is always "the boss"

3. Both are equal

Don't know yet if it gives a warning, cause it did not meet problems yet ;)

BTW: due to the fact that I'm a fanatic "battery power saver", I always sync using USB connection, but settings are the same for all syncing options.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
Ahh right,

That's very similar to MPE... useful to choose one 'boss' sometimes if you definitely want to force sync one way, but its the third option that's truly valuable as a sync tool.

You can switch off the MPE warning screen tho it is useful as it shows you the differences on each side so you are sure it is doing the right thing. Don't trust it fully on auto as sometimes it just decides to sync a contact for no reason. Its calendar synching seems to work smoother with less of these ghost syncing issues. (When it works for you :-)

I still wish I could initiate a wireless sync to Outlook and sort out any conflicts on the phone. Oh well..
[HD2 Android SD Development] gazzacbr:
thanks, some good stuff here to try (in between all the chatter about contacts zzzzzz...)

if more than a few people agree on these changes maybe they can be stickied somewhere.

not tried the 1.3 but the problem is its hard to find exactly what has changed with these updates, over to...

@tytung, any chance of a brief note in the first page when an update is added about main changes and whether we need to rebuild or just swap a couple of files :)
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
What's your problem with that? It's Android ICS and syncing (problems) related, so I do not understand zzzzzzzzzzzzz. ;)

Just skip it if you are not interested in it.

regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
Hi gazzacbr,

Yes, the build is flying now and battery life is up at about 14 hours with moderate use.

Its worth noting I also use Tasker with some custom rules to keep wifi /3g connectivity off and enable it periodically or when accessing certain apps... kind of like Juicedefender.

I'm sure the recent update of Nova had a lot to do with the speed improvement also, previously the phone would go into a big lag period every few hours.

Also have gone really aggressive with disabling unused apps on startup. Only what I want running and a few essential Google services are enabled. Market, Gmail, exchange mail (i use k9), Google contacts sync (don't use it), Gallery (i use quickpic) all switched off on startup.

Ps. Sorry bout the long contacts spiel :-)
[HD2 Android SD Development] wis1152:
my ics build

just wanted to share a pic of the ics build im using at the moment:D
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Hi my dear friend,

looks very good. Is it based on ICS 4.04? Certainly like the SW keys (amount)!!

very best regards, Kuzibri

P.S. I have a tip for you regarding weather app: try 3D Digital Weather Clock. Makes your screen a lot cleaner/full and even can show battery% ;)
[HD2 Android SD Development] WizardBGR:
I just learned that there are already ICS 4.0.4 and Bulgarian keyboard for ICS :) Yay :) May we hope that the next release will include those two? :)
[HD2 Android SD Development] McAlister:
Hello WizardBGR, does the camera in this rom can make movie ?

This is not an HD2 rom ?
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
MPE

I reverted back to MyPhoneExplorer, which now seems to function as it should. Companionlink only seemed to sync once. Adding a new appointment to Outlook was not synced by CL again (although I set Outlook as the primary database), so that was obviously not the real solution at all.

Let's face facts: It saves me $49,95 for buying a CL license :D

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] WizardBGR:
No, this is Nexus leaked update. Waiting for ankuch's and tytung's reaction...
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
Hi Kuzibri,

hehe, welcome back to the 'free' world :)

I took the plunge and went back to MyPhoneExplorer (MPE) v1.0.16 from the v1.0.15 beta. The beta was the first version to work with ICS and did not sync contact photos.

So far my contacts have persisted without the strange 'all of them disappearing every few hours' issue I was facing previously.

I must say though, adding photos to contacts definitely has slowed things down somewhat... it seems to affect overall build performance, not just the phone app.

It is worth noting, I am using DW contacts with a permanently running call filter - not sure if that has something to do with it ... though it is unlikely as when running for two days without DW previously there was no improvement. I must say this combination of apps (MPE, DW) did not pose any issues in Gingerbread 2.3.7...

After stabilising this build as much as possible, it still feels like the early GB / Froyo builds - don't get me wrong, am grateful we even have this, however am keenly waiting for the 4.04 ICS build :D

regards

thecharliec
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Hi my friend.

for a totally unknown reason MPE does now what it should have done earlier (although I have the perception that it has something to do with the usage of the right system4.exe file): syncing calender and contacts with no probs at all. Adding new appointments to Outlook are immediately synced to ICS :D

Regarding contacts: after deleting the entire contacts database, syncing worked without any probs, even pictures are synced perfectly, so I'm a very happy person now!!!

And fully agree with you, also awaiting a simpler way to sync ICS with Outlook. Now it's just patching and adjusting, instead of directly syncing.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] niteowl360:
I use Google Apps Sync but, you do need to use the 'Resync' option for Calendar found within the Google App under View Sync Status if Calendar items don't appear when entering them directly into Outlook.

The sync is quick so not a huge hassle.
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Thanks for the tip niteowl, works like a charm!!!

best rehards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Hi Ankuch or Wis,

could you be so friendly to upload for me the SW keys file with the white keys without battery%. I have now the blue ones which on one side behave differently from the white ones and on the other side I do not like them. :eek: Cannot find it anymore in the thread :confused:

Thanks in advance and best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] wis1152:
Try this one,i'm not sure if this is the one:eek:
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Unfortunately my dear friend, this is not the one. I remember that there was a post where you could choose between the blue of white SF keys, without the battery%. It was accompanied by two two screenshots of these keys and two links, but I cannot find it anymore :confused:

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] wis1152:
This one http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22106471&postcount=1495
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
yep my dear friend, that's the one of the two, although it's alas with the battery%, which I do not need!!!!!!! :D On which page did you find it, for future purposes!!!! There's also one with only the SW keys without the batt% in the same way as this one. If you can find this one, would be very much appreciated!!!!!!

best regards, Kuzibri

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Hi,

I downloaded DW contacts from the Market cause it looks much better than Go Contacts, only I have one big problem with it: it only syncs halve of my contacts database. Anyone a solution for that? I already deleted my old contacts with the Delete Contacts app, but nevertheless it does not work. Tried numerous times to sync, but always still half of my contacts database :confused:

Hope somebody has a solution for that because DW is far and much bettter than Go Contacts.

thanks in advance and best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
Hi Kuzibri,

Would like to help, however a bit confused as DW contacts is not a sync solution, just a dialer and contacts replacement.

Please provide further information

What are you using to sync contacts - MyPhoneExplorer? ... Do the contacts show up when using the default people app?

regards

thecharliec
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Hi my firend,

Should have said: after syncing outlook with my device via MPE, DW contacts only shows half of my cntacts, while the standard contacts apps shows them all.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] thecharliec:
Hi Kuzibri,

Please check the following.

Obvious one but worth stating .. in DW Contacts go into the 'Groups' tab and just confirm you are not looking at a subgroup, such as a single category or only 'ungrouped' contacts.

My second suggestion. Find one of the 'not showing' contacts, make a change in Outlook and resync with MPE, confirm that the change shows up via the 'People' app .. see if it now shows in DW contacs.

Third suggestion, under DW Settings --> Account Data, make sure all accounts are selected.

Fourth suggestion, under DW Settings --> Global Settings --> Contact Display Filtering, ensure all groups are enabled...

Please try the above and advise how you go / what you observe...

Kind regards

thecharlies
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Hi my friend,

checked and did all your suggestions. Endresult: added only two more contacts. So bad luck. Tried another app called ConTacTs and all contacts are visible now and it even looks nice and simple. Thanks very much for your time and efforts!!

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Often called contact

How do I get rid of the often called contact when I start the phone app - showing all contacts with on top the often called contact. I tried several (call) history erasers, which include this item, but none of them seem to work.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] yoboy:
Do you guys have Viber working in this built? My skype is working but not my Viber.
[HD2 Android SD Development] wis1152:
Not working on any ics build at the moment.
[HD2 Android SD Development] coinx7:
hi guys

is there an easy way to cut off the size of this release?

from 750mb, i want to get a 500mb version

Something to do with the data.ext4?
[HD2 Android SD Development] yoboy:
Thanks for the confirmation mate. At first I couldnt even get Skype to install. It was saying something like "this device isn't compatible" in Market place. I switched back to my Gingerbread, and backed up my Skype using Titanium backup, and restored it in ICS, and it is working fine now.
[HD2 Android SD Development] vibbuz:
make a backup of your rom and then

if you're booting from winmo6.5:

delete data.ext4

open startup.txt

edit data size from what actually is to 512

boot

if not working, or booting from magldr you can try this method

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21013290&postcount=972
[HD2 Android SD Development] coinx7:
thx, i'll try it asap

Edit: No boot if i delete the data.ext4

"adroid.process has to stop for the 2nd trick"

any idea?
[HD2 Android SD Development] Robbie P:
I just tried deleting data.ext4 and re-installing the build from scratch, expecting it to create a new data.ext4, it doesn't:confused: so it probably won't work with magldr either.

I can't seem to find an data.ext4 maker either, apart from the devs.

There is a 512Mb data.ext4 in build 13 though
[HD2 Android SD Development] vibbuz:
yeah if you still have build 13 you can try that one, i don't have anymore.

it's strange, the second trick should work, i didn't tried personally but it solved the problem to that user :O
[HD2 Android SD Development] coinx7:
thx for helping guys

by the way, i've found the beta13 herehttp://www.general-files.com/download/gs2bf5118h2i0/ICS-Beta7-build13.7z.html

in case it'll help someone else
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Pressing the phone icon (bottom of the screen left) brings us/me to the "persons" icons screen, where all contacts are displayed. My problem is that this list starts on top with the "so-called" often called persons (or persons who called me). I tried several call log erasers to get rid of these, but no luck. Anybody a solution for that. Pressing the history (clock icon -directly left from the persons icon) button, tells me that the call history is empty :confused: What I mean, see attachment. Vaak gebeld=Often called.

best regards. Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Nobody has a solution for this problem/issue??????????? See one post above this one.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
Not even my dear friends Ankuch and Wis? BTW, it's awfully quiet at this very moment.

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] wis1152:
Hi ya kuz,hows things? I hate to say this but you are the only person keeping this thread going:)Ankuch has been quite for a long time now:-( I have used this build for a while now and i'm not getting this problem on the build i have ported,so i'm afraid i can't help you:-( Have you had chance to try my ported build yet?
[HD2 Android SD Development] xanthrax:
that`s right ! here , on android developement the things are moving so damn fast so , not to many of us are sticked to a rom which is older than ... couple of days ... sad but true , everyone is running to something new on every day. as i now , our new friend , kuzibri , likes to abide but ... . what i do usual , if somehow i get stucked somewhere into a rom , i do a back up and i start all over again and if the issues persist and if there is no solution then ... i move along to another one. basicaly , saving the main settings like accounts , contacts , calendar etc ... helps me to switch between theese interesting roms . have a nice weekend guys !!!:)

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am i wrong wis ?
[HD2 Android SD Development] wis1152:
No you are so right:) I try my best to help as many people as i can:) especially kuz but because of my thread and looking into miui ics build plus home life it getting harder:-(
[HD2 Android SD Development] kuzibri:
our new friend , kuzibri , likes to abide

What I usually do is:

1. Install a certain ROM and explore it

2. If I run into trouble with a certain issue (like the one I posted last), it's a challenge for me to solve that and if I can't, I ask for help. If no one can help, the easiest way is indeed to switch, but that's not my nature. I keep on searching for a solution. ;)

best regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Android SD Development] xanthrax:
i`m just a passional HD2 user and so far i have more than 400 post over here and more than 300 were questions of my problems . once i said that to solve your problems all that you have to do is to spend more than 1 hour a day on android forums and your problems will be gone ... i understand exactly your point dear friend (btw do you remember me ?) but somehow i realised that android has a completly different structure than windows mobile and sometimes issues appears just like that and i think this is because of so many developers which has easy acces to the android codes and create apps so quick and interfere badly at one point. and the most important thing that we have to remember is that HD2 is NOT a native android device and will be never perfect but ever loved !